458 ALAUDIDA. 
The beak of the Crested Lark is thicker, stronger, and 
more curved than that of the Sky Lark, brown along 
the ridge and at the point, but paler on the sides and at 
the base; the crown of the head reddish brown, with a 
few feathers elongated, forming a crest and pointing back- 
wards; irides hazel; from the eye passing over the ear- 
coverts a streak of buffy white; ear-coverts and back of 
the neck dark brown; back, wing-coverts and wings 
brown, the shaft and central portion of each feather dark 
brown; the wing-coverts and tertials edged with buffy 
white; the two middle tail-feathers nearly uniform light 
brown ; the outer tail-feather on each side light brown, with 
a buffy-white outer margin; the other tail-feathers dark 
brown. The chin white; neck in front, breast and under 
parts pale yellow brown; the breast and flanks streaked 
with darker brown; legs, toes, and claws, pale brown. 
The whole length of the bird six inches and _ three- 
quarters; leneth of wing from the anterior bend to the 
end of the second quill-feather, which is the longest, 
four inches and one-eighth ; length of beak along the ridge 
seven lines; the tarsus one inch; the hind toe and claw 
nine lines. 
Mr. Gould mentions that the females of this species are 
smaller than the males, and have a shorter crest. 
